Study of the size of the coronoid process of mandible

@inproceedings{Nayak2016StudyOT,
title={Study of the size of the coronoid process of mandible},
author={Sunita Nayak and Smita Rani Patra and Gurjeet Singh and Chinmayee Mohapatra and Satchidananda Rath},
year={2016}
}

The mandible serves as an important structure in relation to mastication as all the muscles of mastication are attached to it. The Coronoid process is the anterior bony projected part of ramus of mandible giving attachment to two important muscles of mastication. The aim of our study was to observe the variation in the size of coronoid process in relation to its side (laterality), shape, age and sex. The material for this study comprised of 160 (320 sides) dry human mandibles from the osteology… CONTINUE READING